{"id":878838,"date":"2026-04-30T16:45:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T16:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/878838\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T16:45:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T16:45:44","slug":"2026-nfl-draft-grades-how-did-the-fans-rank-the-miami-dolphins-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/878838\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 NFL Draft Grades: How did the fans rank the Miami Dolphins\u2019 picks?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2026 NFL Draft was completed last weekend, with three days of selections leading to 257 new rookies entering the league. The Miami Dolphins<\/a> made five percent of those picks as they selected a league-high 13 college prospects. The Dolphins stuck to their board, selecting the players they liked when they wanted to pick them, leading to some discussions about the team \u201creaching\u201d for a player or making a trade to move up to select someone who may have been available later.<\/p>\n

Dolphins draft picks<\/p>\n

The Dolphins made multiple trades throughout the draft, including moving back one spot in the first round, from 11th to 12th, in a deal with the Dallas Cowboys<\/a>. They also traded up with their second first-round pick, moving from 30th to 27th in a trade with the San Francisco 49ers<\/a>. Miami calmed down on the trade front until the fifth round, when they agreed to a deal with the Carolina Panthers<\/a> to trade back from the 151st spot to the 158th position.<\/p>\n

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In the end, Miami\u2019s draft class was:<\/p>\n

12th overall \u2013 Kadyn Proctor, tackle, Alabama
27th overall \u2013 Chris Johnson, cornerback, San Diego State
43rd overall \u2013 Jacob Rodriguez, linebacker, Texas Tech
75th overall \u2013 Caleb Douglas, wide receiver, Texas Tech
87th overall \u2013 Will Kacmarek, tight end, Ohio State
94th overall \u2013 Chris Bell, wide receiver, Louisville
130th overall \u2013 Trey Moore<\/a>, defensive end, Texas
138th overall \u2013 Kyle Louis, safety, Pittsburgh
158th overall \u2013 Michael Taaffe, safety, Texas
177th overall \u2013 Kevin Coleman, Jr., wide receiver, Missouri
180th overall \u2013 Seydou Traore, tight end, Mississippi State
200th overall \u2013 DJ Campbell<\/a>, guard, Texas
238th overall \u2013 Maz Llewellyn, defensive end, Iowa<\/p>\n

Dolphins fan grade<\/p>\n

Our SB Nation Reacts polls ran throughout the draft, giving us various reactions to the things the Dolphins were doing. As soon as the draft came to a close, we ran one additional poll, asking for your grade on Miami\u2019s 2026 Draft. I let the poll run over the last several days, allowing for an increase in responses, and you delivered \u2013 and you seem to think Miami\u2019s draft was better than the initial social media reactions seemed to indicate.<\/p>\n

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According to 53 percent of the responses, the fans give the Dolphins a \u201cB\u201d grade for their draft. If you add in the 16 percent that graded it an \u201cA\u201d, Miami had a highly positive draft.<\/p>\n

\"\"2026 Outlook<\/p>\n

The positive draft grades from the Dolphins fans has not impacted the odds for Miami in 2026, however. According to FanDuel Sportsbook, the Dolphins\u2019 win total is still set at just 4.5 wins in 2026<\/a>. That has them last in the AFC East and likely headed for the number one overall pick in the 2027 NFL Draft. If they do land the number one pick, the oddsmakers have Texas quarterback Arch Manning<\/a> installed as the favorite for that pick at +165. Oregon quarterback Dante Moore<\/a> is second at +500.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 NFL Draft was completed last weekend, with three days of selections leading to 257 new rookies…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":878839,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[4955,615,260,29019,257,6446,45421,116215,7,19341,251,6,15,252,3235,38679],"class_list":["post-878838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl-draft","tag-2026-nfl-draft","tag-arch-manning","tag-carolina-panthers","tag-chris-johnson","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-dante-moore","tag-dj-campbell","tag-dolphins-draft-picks","tag-football","tag-kadyn-proctor","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-draft","tag-san-francisco-49ers","tag-the-dolphins","tag-trey-moore"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116494672804139139","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/878838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=878838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/878838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/878839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=878838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=878838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=878838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}